Strategic Planning school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

You Will Learn How To

Develop a business-driven IT strategic plan that aligns with the needs of your organization
Assess the enterprise environment to determine business goals and core values
Analyze your current IT assets to prioritize investments and allocate resources
Make informed decisions to focus your IT strategic initiatives
Socialize and communicate your strategic IT vision effectively
Apply a continuous improvement process to monitor and update your IT strate...

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You Will Learn How To

Formulate strategic plans to help your organization advance and grow
Detect the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) for assessing your current position
Identify strategies to better position your organization for long-term competitive advantage
Translate strategy into action
Execute strategy and deliver results through people and processes
Establish strategic planning, monitoring and controlling mechanisms that ensure positive ...

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Strategic planning is hard for people in IT and IT Security because we spend so much time responding and reacting. Some of us have been exposed to a SWOT or something similar in an MBA course, but we almost never get to practice until we get promoted to a senior position, and then we are not equipped with the skills we need to run with the pack.

In this course you will learn the entire strategic planning process: what it is and how to do it; what lends itself to virtual teams, and what ne...

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Hoshin Kanri: Visual Strategic Planning Management’s top priorities are planning and ensuring that everyone is working on the organization’s key business objectives. Hoshin Kanri is a tool that helps management successfully realize these top priorities. This methodology is one of the most powerful planning tools available to organizations today, allowing for breakthrough innovations and continuous improvement. It provides a method for creating a comprehensive communication system betwe...

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After completing this course, you will be able to:

Focus your strategic planning process on the most crucial areas of your business
Coordinate the six critical elements of strategic planning and govern them effectively
Design an annual business plan designed to meet your short-term goals
Develop a simple, realistic long-term (three to five years) planning process
Understand the difference between planning and budgeting
Utilize worksheets and sample rate calculations
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